One can only ask why this wasn't live at the launch of the game, but lets be honest it was all part of their marketing/sales plan.
first ppl went on and bought the d3 after the hype (which is i think unparalleled till this day, if talking about a game release).

if they added this what could they do to improve the game and make you buy the expansion, very little if any.

so, they are creating another hype (this time justified) and will hit again the sales record

One can only ask why this wasn't live at the launch of the game, but lets be honest it was all part of their marketing/sales plan.
first ppl went on and bought the d3 after the hype (which is i think unparalleled till this day, if talking about a game release).

if they added this what could they do to improve the game and make you buy the expansion, very little if any.

so, they are creating another hype (this time justified) and will hit again the sales record

The thread on the official forum discussing this leak has been deleted. Cease and desist incoming here?

I honestly don't know where people are getting this from. It's right there - http://us.battle.net...opic/9947394894
There was even a topic about its deletion... and it was a few posts below it. Like... what?!

I kept refreshing that thread all day, and somewhere after it reached page 11 I got the "Thread deleted" page. It wasn't just an accidental error, I tried a few times after that. I guess they changed their minds, and now they returned it.

Blizzard's PR folks must be troubled by this leak, but it's out now, they can't do anything about it, so yeah, I'd be surprised if they tried to fight it.

It's funny, I used to be TOTALLY wrapped up in newly datamined info on WoW, but I have no desire to ruin the story here. Most of this stuff will be more fun for me to hear at BlizzCon or in context from the horses' mouths. Great work still, I'd love to know where this client came from! Edit: Bluespacecow cleared that up for me on the last page. =)